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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 149 - 188).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator refers to herself as a knife. What does she refer to her husband as?
(a) A blanket.
(b) An axe.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A gun.

2. What happens to Carolina when she testifies in court against Mr. Peter?
(a) She gets hysterical and needs to be sedated.
(b) She wets her pants.
(c) She vomits.
(d) She faints.

3. What effect does death have on girls in the story "Difficult Women"?
(a) It makes them more interesting and beautiful.
(b) It makes them ugly.
(c) It makes them repugnant.
(d) It makes them sorrowful.

4. How does Bianca meet her husband?
(a) On an online dating website.
(b) Through mutual friends.
(c) At a bar.
(d) He works at a law firm a few floors below her office.

5. What do the priests who were sent to deal with Bianca say about her?
(a) That she should become a nun.
(b) That whatever was wrong with her was the fault of the devil.
(c) That they could cure her with exorcism.
(d) That they could pray away the evil in her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport does Manny play recreationally?

2. What news does the narrator share with Jacob first towards the end of the story "The Mark of Cain"?

3. What is one of the things the stone thrower's wife does during the day?

4. Who is one of the twins' girlfriend in "The Mark of Cain"?

5. Who abducted Savvie and Carolina when they were children?

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